SEC Transfer Portal Update: Day Seven

By Chris Marler

The 2026 NCAA transfer portal opened Friday, Jan 2 and has been open for eight days now. 

By the Numbers 

For the third consecutive day there were more players that signed or committed to SEC teams than entered the transfer portal. Friday saw 26 players commit or sign and just 13 leave. Arkansas led the way once again with six players committed or signed which gives the Hogs 28 players in this cycle. That’s 12 more than any other SEC team currently has. 

The numbers are still very lopsided in terms of players leaving with 186 players more in the portal than signed or committed. There are also five teams in the SEC with 30 or more players. To put that in perspective, only one team had 30 players lost in the December window a year ago. Only three teams lost 30 or more in the ’24 cycle and one of those was Alabama after Nick Saban left.

Exodus by SEC Teams 

These numbers will fluctuate rapidly, but here are the total players that have entered the portal for each SEC team according to 247Sports as of Friday, Jan. 9, at 4:00 p.m. CT.

367 players from the SEC have entered the portal, and 181 players have committed and/or signed with SEC teams. 

SEC Players Entering the Portal

• Auburn – 36
• Mississippi State – 34 
• Arkansas – 34
• Florida – 30
• LSU – 30
• Tennessee – 25
• Oklahoma – 24
• Missouri – 24
• Texas – 22 
• South Carolina – 21
• Kentucky – 21 
• Alabama – 20
• Vanderbilt – 16 
• Texas A&M – 16
• Georgia – 11
• Ole Miss – 3

Players Signed by SEC team 

• Arkansas – 28
• Florida – 16
• LSU – 16
• Auburn – 15 
• Texas A&M – 14
• Kentucky – 13
• Mississippi State – 11  
• Oklahoma – 10
• Missouri – 10 
• Texas – 9
• Ole Miss – 8 
• South Carolina – 8
• Vanderbilt – 7
• Alabama – 6
• Georgia – 5
• Tennessee – 5

247Sports National Rankings 

No. 2 – LSU
No. 8 – Oklahoma
No. 10 – Ole Miss
No. 11 – Arkansas
No. 12 – Auburn
No. 13 – Missouri
No. 14 – Kentucky
No. 15 – Texas A&M
No. 18 – Texas
No. 20 – Georgia
No. 21 – Florida
No. 26 – Alabama
No. 31 – South Carolina
No. 36 – Mississippi State
No. 44 – Tennessee
No. 50 – Vanderbilt